The safest place on earth : where people connect and are forever changed / [print]
Larry Crabb.
- Nashville, Tennessee : Word Publishing., (c)1999.
- xv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Let's turn our chairs -- Part I: A way of thinking about spiritual community -- 1. For God's sake, don't expect it to be easy -- 2. It's not easy, but it's worth it -- 3. Spiritual community: What is it -- 4. It takes an Armando -- 5. Unspiritual community -- 6. Why unspiritual community is unspiritual -- Part II: A way of understanding our struggles -- 7. Two rooms -- 8. There is a lower room -- 9. Lower room furnishings -- 10. There is an upper room -- 11. Upper room furnishings -- Part III: A way of relating in this world -- 12. Turning our souls toward each other: Three foundational convictions -- 13. The fork in the road to spiritual community -- 14. Managers or mystics: The mystery of community -- 15. It's worth the risk -- 16. Enter, see, touch: A way of developing spiritual community -- 17. Becoming spiritual community -- Questions for thought and discussion -- Notes
In today's frenetic society, people rarely develop intimate friendships. Instead, they spend their lives essentially disconnected from others, rushing through life content with brief visits and casual conversations. But what if one were to develop a community, a spiritual community, of people who walked with and supported each other through life's journey? A community of real friends who listened to each other's personal tragedies without merely trying to fix the problems, who encouraged and nurtured each other's strengths, and who accepted people for who they really are, instead of the image they try to portray. In The Safest Place on Earth, Larry Crabb explores such a place, where God can heal disconnected people and allow them to reconnect with each other and, ultimately, with Him.
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Christian communities. Spiritual life--Christianity.